I thought they should blow it up. Even if they don't win this series, I'm glad they didn't -- especially since blowing it up likely would have included trading Rondo.

That said, people lauding the Celtics for their grit tonight are spot on. Their defense in the last minute and during OT was beast mode, refuse-to-lose stuff. Even Daniels did the right thing by obscuring Wade's view just enough without fouling.

This is a huge point. It's bad that fell so badly for the fake, but the fact that he managed to control his body so as not to foul Wade was huge.

Little too much garlic in the sauce yesterday, came down for something sweet and saw this thread still going. This was one of those games that keeps you up later anyway. Real good win, or really bad loss makes for a bit less sleep. Need to grab one in their place now, like the Red Sock game in the Bronx in '04.

He spends his entire game around the perimeter. If he spent 1/4 the time he spends practicing his jump shots practicing his big man skills he could have been a pretty damn good NBA player rather than a footnote.

Honestly, it would have been a beast to get that foul...Marquis did a very good job of avoiding him...Wade would have had to jump so deliberately sideways it could have conceivable been offensive (it wouldnt have been called but still)